[gentoo-user] emerge -f

[gentoo-user] emerge -f

[burlingk]

If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
dependencies as well?

For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check the system,
then download
everything that it needs to install that package?

If I were to use 'emerge -uf world', would there be a huge number of
packaged downloaded?

^_^

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -f

[Dale]

burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote:
> If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
> dependencies as well?
>
> For instance, if I use 'emerge -f xorg-x11', will it check the system,
> then download
> everything that it needs to install that package?
>
> If I were to use 'emerge -uf world', would there be a huge number of
> packaged downloaded?
>
> ^_^
>
> ---
> Ken
>   

If you want to make sure you get everything, I would do a emerge  -ef
<package>.  That should get everything needed for sure.  The "e" stands
for emptytree but I always think of it as everything.  If used with the
option world it gets everything needed to recompile the complete
system.  Example:  emerge -ef world

Hope that helps.

Dale

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[gentoo-user] Re: emerge -f

[»Q«]

In
<news:AA0639A1EB70AE409130258CE7BDC31806646AE2@messenger.cv63.navy.mil>,
<burlingk@cv63.navy.mil> wrote:

> If I use emerge -f on a package, will it fetch that packaged
> dependencies as well?

Use emerge -pf <package> and see what happens.  ;)

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